The Clotheshorse Congregation

If the county clotheshorses seem to congregate in Costa Mesa, there's good reason. The city is home to more apparel shops* than any other town in the county. The city also has the lowest number of residents per store, 321. At the other end of the scale, Stanton has a shop for about every 4,700 residents. Here's the city-by-city rundown, ranked by residents per store, from least to most, followed by a comparison of Orange to the four contiguous counties: